Discussion (24) ¬

1. 
   Dave Van Domelen

   May 19, 2009 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

   Huh. I wonder if the goggles are cybernetic eyes of some sort, or simply a Doctor Mid-nite-like filter to let him see with what his eyes have become?
2. 
   Gary

   May 19, 2009 at 2:33 am | # | Reply

   Twin Pines? Is that the place with the brain scans? SSi headquarters? Both?

   Speculation be damned, I’m still jazzed about the bi-weekly postings! Also, go Lois!
3. 
   Maggie

   May 19, 2009 at 4:05 am | # | Reply

   Did Sera get a haircut or have I just not noticed how much she looks like Stiletta? I mean look at her hair! They look exactly alike now!
4. 
   skrapyard

   May 19, 2009 at 5:08 am | # | Reply

   Twin Pines?? ….that really sounds like a place where a secret government agency would be….like Langley.
5. 
   skrapyard

   May 19, 2009 at 5:09 am | # | Reply

   heh heh “Happiness is a Warm Bulldog”
6. 
   Claire

   May 19, 2009 at 6:38 am | # | Reply

   GO LOIS.
   But why did she call him Mr Laforge? Is this a reference I’m not getting? :p
   And (bypassing the whole “Lois used to be a priest?!” part) what does being a priest have to do with relative rank?

   And so … being decent to Sera has only been about publicity? Well.
7. 
   Tracy

   May 19, 2009 at 8:37 am | # | Reply

   Don’t know if this is the reference, but La Forge is the dude on one of the Star Trek shows who is blind and wears a thing that looks like a headband over his eyes to see.

   And Twin Pines is the mall in Back to the Future.
8. 
   Nightsong

   May 19, 2009 at 9:10 am | # | Reply

   Two pages last week, Two pages this week, I am one happy camper.
9. 
   Squeek

   May 19, 2009 at 9:36 am | # | Reply

   YES! Geordi La Forge!! AHAHA! Fantastic Reference! Oh man….
   I love you Mr. A.

   Who’s at Twin Pines? and what do they plan on doing to try an “change that impression”? o.o
10. 
    Henshu

    May 19, 2009 at 9:37 am | # | Reply

    XD It IS the mall in back to the future, but I sort of doubt that’s what he’s referring to.
    Especially since the name was changed to “lone pine” after Marty smashed one of them in the past.
11. 
    Paul

    May 19, 2009 at 9:50 am | # | Reply

    Maybe Twin Pines is a reference to Twin Peaks, another little woodsy town with funky goings on. Laforge is a genius little insert. I wonder if that’s really his name, or if Lois is cracking a joke.
12. 
    Paul

    May 19, 2009 at 9:57 am | # | Reply

    Besides, isn’t his name Merrick?
13. 
    essrose

    May 19, 2009 at 12:55 pm | # | Reply

    Yes indeedy, Twin Pines is SSI HQ (like Langley): http://tinyurl.com/qqbw9x Although I just noticed he calls it TWO Pines on this page: http://tinyurl.com/qte68l Oops.

    Hmm… I’m not sure which one I like better now, actually…

    (Although, I’d hate to think Merrick’s DeLorean is being menaced by Libyans.)

    Also, I’d just like to point out Lois is a Trekker: http://tinyurl.com/qt9hym A snarky Trekker, too.
14. 
    Kylogram

    May 19, 2009 at 5:30 pm | # | Reply

    I want Lois to be my grandma.
15. 
    Nocturne Chanson

    May 19, 2009 at 5:33 pm | # | Reply

    Sounds like Lois was a SSI agent in the past!
16. 
    Sam

    May 19, 2009 at 7:36 pm | # | Reply

    Lois. <3
17. 
    alphatroll

    May 20, 2009 at 10:03 am | # | Reply

    so that *was* Star Trek on the TV! i’m wondering if churchy background is just something you need if you’re going to deal with supernatural thingies much. Or maybe just something people *think* they need. Like everybody’s watched The Exorcist too much or something.

    For the record, I think “Twin Pines” has a nicer ring to it, and “Two Pines” sounds like it’d be in Arizona or New Mexico or Colorado or maybe the desert-ier parts of California. Not really “Back East” anyway. (it *is* Back East isn’t it? seems like that was mentioned somewhere…..)
18. 
    ink

    May 20, 2009 at 11:56 am | # | Reply

    okay wait i am so confused. Lois was a priest? Merrick’s last name is Laforge? What’s Twin Pines? and why does Sera suddenly look like Stiletta?
19. 
    mark

    May 20, 2009 at 12:10 pm | # | Reply

    haha you tell him where to shove it Lois
20. 
    essrose

    May 20, 2009 at 12:19 pm | # | Reply

    alphatroll: Actually, I was thinking SSI HQ should be in Colorado, so “Two Pines” is starting to look even better.

    ink: Scroll up a few comments for the LaForge and Twin Pines answers. The priest and Stiletta things, though… you’re all on your own.

    MUAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAcoughcoughHAHA…
21. 
    Edison T Allere

    May 20, 2009 at 3:52 pm | # | Reply

    Why does everyone think that “Twin Pines” sounds like a secret gov’t agency? Sounds to me like an inn… in New England… with lots of old people… and shit like that

    (P.S. I LOVE TESS SO MUCH)
22. 
    Mad_Hatter

    May 20, 2009 at 4:17 pm | # | Reply

    it sounds like he really wants to hurts Sera…i’m scared
23. 
    Dave Van Domelen

    May 20, 2009 at 5:40 pm | # | Reply

    Hmm, maybe Lois used to be named Lawrence?
24. 
    Gary

    May 21, 2009 at 1:29 am | # | Reply

    Wasn’t Merrick personally involved with the debacle 7 years ago?

    http://www.heartshapedskull.com/2008/03/20/goodbye-crestfallen-page-007/

    I’m still wondering who gave him those witchburns…